Behind the lace curtains of a modest Sacramento boarding house, Dorothea Puente cultivated the image of a kind grandmotherly caretaker. But in reality, she was orchestrating one of California’s most chilling murder-for-profit schemes. Throughout the 1980s, Puente preyed on the vulnerable, elderly and disabled tenants who trusted her with their lives, while secretly cashing their benefit checks and burying their bodies in her backyard. In this episode, we unravel the haunting timeline of her crimes, explore how she evaded suspicion for so long, and examine her astrological chart. With both her Sun and Moon in Capricorn, Puente embodied cold pragmatism and ruthless ambition, while her Gemini Mars added a calculating, manipulative edge, making her a master at deception, control, and survival.

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Between 1978 and 1990, fear gripped the Soviet Union as one of the most prolific serial killers in history hunted in plain sight. Andrei Chikatilo, a quiet family man and schoolteacher on the surface, was hiding a horrifying secret. Over more than a decade, he murdered and mutilated at least 52 women and children, leaving behind a trail of terror that baffled authorities for years. In this episode, we trace the chilling timeline of his crimes, uncover the failures of the Soviet system that allowed him to continue, and explore the astrological blueprint of Chikatilo’s dark psyche. With his Sun in Libra, Moon in Scorpio, and Venus in Scorpio, Chikatilo’s chart reveals a man torn between outward charm and inner turbulence, marked by obsessive desires, emotional intensity, and a disturbing struggle with intimacy and control.

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On April 16, 2007, the quiet campus of Virginia Tech was shattered when Seung-Hui Cho carried out one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history. Armed with two handguns and a history of red flags, Cho killed 32 people before turning the gun on himself. In this episode, we walk through the haunting timeline of that day, explore the years of warning signs, from school interventions to mental health struggles, and examine how Cho’s chart, marked by a Capricorn Sun and Cancer Moonreflected deep internal conflict, emotional repression, and a disturbing detachment from reality.

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“Mass Shootings at Virginia Tech, April 16, 2007: Report of the Review Panel.” Commonwealth of Virginia, Aug. 2007. Virginia Tech Review Panel.

“Seung-Hui Cho.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, last modified 2025, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seung-Hui_Cho.

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